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Cincinnati infielder Kerrington Cross was named the Big 12 Player of the Year and Houston&rsquo;s Antoine Jean was tabbed the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year as the Conference unveiled its 2025 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards. The honorees were selected in a vote by the league&rsquo;s head coaches, who could not vote for their own players. &nbsp; Kansas&rsquo; Dan Fitzgerald was picked as Coach of the Year after leading the Jayhawks to program bests in both Big 12 series wins and series sweeps. Arizona State&rsquo;s Matt King and Oklahoma State&rsquo;s Harrison Bodendorf shared Co-Newcomer of the Year honors while TCU&rsquo;s Sawyer Strosnider earned Big 12 Freshman of the Year. Arizona&rsquo;s Tony Pluta rounded out the awards as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. &nbsp; A total of 19 student-athletes were named to the All-Big 12 First Team, headlined by the unanimously-selected Cross. &nbsp; Cross led the Conference with a .414 batting average in 51 games and is seeking to become the second qualified Big 12 player to hit at least .400 in a season since 2011, joining WVU&rsquo;s JJ Wetherholt, who hit .449 in 2023 en route to player of the year honors. The Brownsburg, Indiana native boasts the fifth highest on-base percentage in the country (.538) and is the first Bearcat to win the award in Cincinnati&rsquo;s second year in the Conference. &nbsp; Jean recorded the lowest opponent batting average (.162) in the Big 12 as he held batters to 36 hits in 222 at-bats in 20 appearances. He led the Conference and ranked second nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (5.14) and strikeouts per nine innings (14.86). He is the first Cougar to win a yearly Big 12 award and the first reliever to be selected as Big 12 Pitcher of the Year. &nbsp; King led the Sun Devils with 27 multi-hit games in the regular season as he posted the second-best batting average in the Big 12 (.401). In Conference play, he was the league&rsquo;s leading hitter with a .424 batting average and was the only player to break the 50-hit mark in league play with 53 hits in 30 games. &nbsp; Bodendorf finished with a 10-1 record in 15 appearances as he led the league in wins. His 2.43 ERA was tied for the second-best in the league while he held batters to a .194 batting average, also second-best in the Conference. He is the third Cowboy in five years to win a share of Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, joining Christian Encarnacion-Strand in 2021 and Tyler Wulfert in 2023. &nbsp; Strosnider became the first Horned Frog since Brayden Taylor in 2021 to earn Big 12 Freshman of the Year. The freshman outfielder tallied nine triples this season, tied for the most in the country. He also tied for the third-most runs in Conference games with 34 runs scored in 29 games. &nbsp; Pluta was named the 2025 Big 12 Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year after leading the Big 12 with 11 saves while maintaining a 3.92 GPA. The aerospace engineering major from Palatine, Illinois, finished 16 games while appearing in 23 total games for the Wildcats. &nbsp; Fitzgerald led the Jayhawks to the most wins in program history as KU finished 42-14 overall. Out of the 42 wins, the 20 road wins and 20 Big 12 wins both set program records. Kansas&rsquo; eight consecutive road wins are tied for the most in program history and have helped the Jayhawks secure the No. 2 seed in the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, the best seeding ever for KU. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Of the Year Player &ndash; Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati Pitcher &ndash; Antoine Jean, Houston Co-Newcomers &ndash; Matt King, Arizona State &amp; Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma St. Freshman &ndash; Sawyer Strosnider, TCU Scholar-Athlete &ndash; Tony Pluta, Arizona Coach &ndash; Dan Fitzgerald, Kansas &nbsp; &nbsp; All-Big 12 First Team C: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Logan Sauve, West Virginia IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Matt King, Arizona State IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tyriq Kemp, Baylor IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati* IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brady Ballinger, Kansas IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Core Jackson, Utah OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Isaiah Jackson, Arizona State OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sawyer Strosnider, TCU OF:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damian Bravo, Texas Tech OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Logan Hughes, Texas Tech DH: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Noah Franco, TCU UT: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Landon Hairston, Arizona State SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma State SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tommy LaPour, TCU SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Colter McAnelly, Utah SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Griffin Kirn, West Virginia RP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cole Carlon, Arizona State RP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gabe Craig, Baylor RP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Antoine Jean, Houston *- unanimous selection &nbsp; All-Big 12 Second Team C:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jack Natili, Cincinnati C:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nolan Traeger, TCU IF:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mason White, Arizona IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kyle Walker, Arizona State IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Antonio Jimenez, UCF IF:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maximus Martin, Kansas State&nbsp;&nbsp; IF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Robin Villeneuve, Texas Tech OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jackson Hauge, Kansas OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keegan O&rsquo;Connor, Kansas State OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chase Brunson, TCU OF: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kyle West, West Virginia DH:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dariel Osoria, Kansas UT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Karson Bowen, TCU SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ben Jacobs, Arizona State SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cooper Moore, Kansas SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State SP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jack Kartsonas, West Virginia RP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tony Pluta, Arizona RP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State RP: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jack Cebert, Texas Tech &nbsp; Ties resulted in two catchers on the second team. All- Freshman Team Smith Bailey, Arizona Landon Hairston, Arizona State Pearson Riebock, Baylor Quinton Coats, Cincinnati Aj Evasco, Kansas St. Mason Brassfield, TCU Kade Eudy, TCU Noah Franco, TCU Sawyer Strosnider, TCU Nolan Traeger, TCU&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Austen Roellig, Utah Gavin Kelly, West Virginia &nbsp; &nbsp; Honorable Mention: &nbsp; Arizona: Adonys Guzman, Owen Kramkowski, Brendan Summerhill, Aaron Walton Arizona State: Brandon Compton, Josiah Cromwick, Lucas Kelly, Jack Martinez, Jacob Tobias, Kien Vu Baylor: Pearson Riebock, Travis Sanders BYU: Parker Goff, Ryder Robinson, Cooper Vest UCF: Edian Espinal, Dylan King, DeAmez Ross, Andrew Williamson Cincinnati: Kellen O'Connor, Nathan Taylor, Landyn Vidourek Kansas: Brady Counsell (INF/UT) Kansas State: Seth Dardar (INF/DH), Jacob Frost, James Guyette Oklahoma State: Colin Brueggemann, Ian Daugherty, Mario Pesca, Nolan Schubart, Brayden Smith, &nbsp; TCU: Mason Brassfield, Kade Eudy, Anthony Silva Utah: Austen Roellig West Virginia: Reese Bassinger, Chase Meyer, Jace Rinehart, Sam White</div>

⚾ Big 12 releases postseason awards